Style blogs and freebies

[FallonColby]

Is it just me or does anyone else get annoyed with the amount of freebies style bloggers get. For example, one blogger was berating the fact she had nothing to wear to an event, unsurprisingly she was then contacted by a company who gifted her a dress. I am sure this was not the bloggers intention but I am annoyed at seeing blogs I have previously enjoyed turn into a constant advert. It just takes the reality out of it.

Frugal thank you for the tip, so maybe the US editions are the way to go? Except for Vogue, sadly. I think their refusal to ever criticise or even poke fun at any aspect of the fashion industry is really unhealthy. It's like reading a film critic who never gives a bad review! If Anna Wintour doesn't dare to stand up to them then there really isn't much hope.

I still read mags from time to time,I'd rather look at good editorials, than amateurish blogs with weird poses and horrible fashion sense,and if I want to see other people dress,then the sartorialist or Stockholm street style and tommy ton can fill that void,at least they cover different styles,from different cities,good photography and good writing,

'Horrible' fashion sense is rather subjective though, isn't it? One person's idea of horrible is another's idea of great. Joanna's (Poppy's Style) is a great example because she polarises opinion, but I love her style.

I enjoy blogs more than Vogue et al (though I still buy them) because you tend to get more individuality. And as much as I like seeing women painted gold wearing £12,000 evening gowns in the desert, it doesn't really translate into my lifestyle.

amber we can't all agree,that a blogger/model/ actress etc have amazing style,its all very subjective,what I find stylish is repulsive to you,and vice versa.

As I said ,I read blogs,but I tend to like blogs with a variety of styles,i could never wear or imagine putting an outfit like most of the people featured in street style blogs, but I find it so refreshing,even the over the top ones are nice to look at,there is a verity of looks,styling. one feature on street style showed a dozen people wearing the famous Zara copy of the Stella check coat,it was so nice to see how each person styled their coat, you can never find this at indvidual blogs,because the blogger has a personal style that they stick too,that's brill ,but I find it predictable after a while,

Poppy's style just doesn't suit her shape IMO. She's too heavy for the jeans she wears. Her photos always make like she's wearing someone else's clothes

Lord P I think it's the angle she sets the tripod at. Have read this with interest. BecauseISaidSo you are adamant that no way would dmb40 or she's accept freebies but really you don't know because unless you know them personally you're just keen to believe that because you like their blogs. I think dmb40 most definitely has been given freebies and passed them off as something she liked (hideous nude and black bag from local business springs to mind). Or has pushed brands which have approached her and pretended to like them.
I prefer blogs which show items tried on and do like the Awo blog for that reason,ambers too has alot of real life styling as opposed to endless links.
Saba I would use blogs for that purpose and fashion mags for browsing what's out there. Sadly there has been a turning point for some bloggers where they blur the two and start providing image after image but don't actually go and try it on.
I really like Poppy's style and some if that is because I lived in the us and returned to have dc here, I often think that her life is what mine may have been in a vague way. I don't like too much of her choices but she's an apple shape and I'm a pear so think it may be that.

She really looks bad in all her comedy jeans. I'd like her in a more sophisticated style. She's 40 not 14. It's just not chic

Agree those ballerina shoes dmb wears are dire.

Plus dmb recommends cheap them buys and wears designer

In fairness she wears a lot of zara too and does get a lot of wear from more expensive things. She definitely gets gifts though...recent vile navy dotted trousers.

I got really confused for a second...I didn't remember commenting on this thread! Then I realized there is a JustBecauseISaidSo.

Anyway, FrugalFashionista, I've been buying US Glamour recently and really enjoying it, just when I had given up on print magazines except for Porter, which is most excellent.

I personally like the blogs that make me dream a bit, like Atlantic-Pacific. In another life, I will look that pulled together all the time.

WIT is my favourite I think. She is 'everyday' enough not to be alienating but her fabulous wardrobe lends that touch of the aspirational.

Ha ha US Vogue is hilarious this month. Surely to God, Hamish Bowles is taking the piss in his Kardashian/Kanye interview?

'"Anybody need anything" asks the agelessly glamorous apricot skinned Kris (Jenner) fluttering eyelashes as thick, long and lustrous as a Hummingbirds wings'

' Iconic Swarovski pink blossom chandelier twinkles above a lucite crib and pale coloured shag carpeting, all reflected in a narcissism nurturing mirrored wall'

'Geographically named baby perched between cultural polyglot Father and cultural phenomenon Mother'

Hilarious. Anna Wintour- you are so dialling it in love. Thank Goodness I get my copy FOC. Who pays for this purple prose anymore?

The Bowles pieces have been more and more embarrassing lately. I grew up adoring Vogue and now it just makes me cringe. Both the UK and US versions but India Vogue is actually really good!

The Londonder is the worlds worst for not disclosing freebies and comped meals/blow dries/ holidays/etc.

Plus her designer gear (the stuff that ISNT comped which, oops, not disclosed!) is all fake from ioffer.

It's a shame because she could be a GREAT blogger, but she's all tits, arse and look at me and my lavish life.

I'm surprised any fool buys vogue. They must see you coming

I buy both US and UK vogue and prefer the US version. I actually found last month's a good read and the articles are more interesting than the UK version. And the piece a couple of months ago about the woman who lost her parents and 3 children in a fire - well that was incredibly moving.

But I agree WIT is still my favourite blog.

The Londoner is hilarious and am intrigued that all her designer gear is fake.

Lord

I do't buy Vogue- read my post . I get a gratis copy. I wouldn't pay $4,99 for it.

Hamish Bowles has the most astonishing fashion knowledge Because in a learned historical/cultural manner so it is very sad to see him getting commissions like this. He is criminally underused as is Andre Leon Talley. I'll seek out Indian Vogue.

Harpers under Justine Picardie is getting sharper. Mostly fashion related articles that assume readers have some knowledge of technique and fashion history. If you want to see product, it is the one to buy.

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That was a beautiful article wasn't it? So insightful and moving. The 'Upfront' and 'Nostalia' sections are the ones I appreciate the most as they tend to commission good writers not in their Editorial stable. Janelle Brown writes for them a lot and her articles are great; one of my favourites recounts the time she sought out cannabis for her Grandmother who was crippled by RA and wanted to try it as pain relief. Another one of hers recounted a move from hippy Berkeley to London to escape an unhappy relationship and how she shed her previous style like a pupa. Sounds trivial but it was so well written. I used to like Florence Kane's writing then she left.

Mig, I like the new Hapers and it's the only subscription I currently have apart from Porter. My only complaint is...enough of flower prints!!! What has it been, three issues in a row? But maybe I'm just complaining because I look crap in them

I think Justine likes them Because . Even though she only ever wears monochrome in photos of her.

I do get a bit tired of the 'It's Spring so we must promote flower prints' storyboarding so definitely agree with you there.

Hamish Bowles did a story on snowboarding recently He undoubtedly has a great Rolodex of connections but he is no Tom Wolfe and he seems increasingly out of touch. It's a problem if you are in fashion but out of fashion...

I've heard that Anna Wintour never actually reads the copy although she is meticulous and exigent about layouts, fonts, photographers, models etc. It may be a urban legend but it makes sense on so many levels

I doubt you could read it after working on it for so many years.

I do wonder what will happen after A Wintour leaves. How long has she been there? Forever it seems. Who would be next, someone more digitally minded I suppose.

I get the impression AW has been dialing it in this last year especially. Too many fluffy vacuous contributing 'editors' like Elizabeth Von Thurn Und Taxis; THE most vacuous dilettante to recently grace its pages.

Hamish needs to stick to fashion culture and history which is what he excels at. He seems to be being made a fool of- Hamish goes to Utah wilderness camp; Hamish learns to drive; Hamish snowboards.

Mig I fear that if Kardashians are 'in', fashion culture and history are deeply 'out' I'm always in for a discussion of Norell and Poiret but I doubt many other people are and HB has never been good at drawing people in. He excels in being a snob and that's not fashionable when reality stars are major cultural influences.

I think money and schmoozing dumb Vogue down. I recently read Diana Vreeland's biography and many of her pieces are still fresh today. However, during her last years people found her out of touch and old-fashioned. She was a part of some of the most lasting images of the 1960s (Veruschka anyone?) but missed the megatrends of feminism and casual clothing that had a huge impact on what the following decades looked like.